NAGOYA - The Oct 18-29 UN biodiversity summit ended here Friday with agreement over a strategic plan on how to protect animals and plants, how to provide money for it, and how to share the revenues for medicines and cosmetics produced from medicinal plants.
NEW DELHI - India will send an expedition to the South Pole to study changes in climate patterns that have taken place in Antarctica in the last thousands of years, an official said here Friday.
BANGALORE - India has successfully test flown its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Nishant with new technology for monitoring its structural health in flight, a defence official said Friday.
NEW DELHI - Thunderstorm and a light drizzle were expected in Delhi, the weather office said Friday when cloudy skies hung over parts of the city.
MELBOURNE - A Facebook page that extols people who drink and drive has left the police in Australia shocked.
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